"Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (Caravaggio, London) Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (London), c. 1607/1610, is a painting by the Italian master Caravaggio in the National Gallery, London. The painting was discovered in a private collection in 1959. The early Caravaggio biographer Giovanni Bellori, writing in 1672, mentions a ""Salome with the Head of John the Baptist"" sent by the artist to the Grand Master of the Knights of Malta in the hope of regaining favour after having been expelled from the Order in 1608. It seems likely, however, that Bellori was referring to"
"you want, and I will give it to you."" So she went out and said to her mother: ""What shall I ask?"" She said: ""The head of John the Baptist!"" Immediately she came in with haste to the king and asked: ""I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter."" The king sent an executioner and commanded John's head to be brought. The executioner went and beheaded John in prison, brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother. The name"
"my kingdom. And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist. And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in"
"John was the spiritual successor to Elijah. In the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in Luke, Gabriel appears to Zechariah, John's father, and told him that John ""will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God,"" and that he will go forth ""in the spirit and power of Elijah"" (). In the Gospel of Luke, Herod Antipas hears some of the stories surrounding Jesus Christ. Some tell Herod that Jesus is John the Baptist (whom Herod had executed) come back to life. Others tell him that Jesus is Elijah. Later in the same gospel, Jesus"
"rituals corresponding strongly with baptism, although no direct evidence substantiates this. According to the New Testament, John anticipated a messianic figure greater than himself. Christians commonly refer to John as the precursor or forerunner of Jesus, since John announces Jesus' coming. John is also identified as the spiritual successor of the prophet Elijah. John was sentenced to death and subsequently beheaded by Herod Antipas sometime between 28 and 36 AD after John rebuked him for divorcing his wife, Phasaelis, and unlawfully taking Herodias, the wife of his brother Herod Philip I. John the Baptist is mentioned in all four canonical"
"she is told to demand the head of John the Baptist. Reluctantly, Herod orders the beheading of John, and his head is delivered to her, at her request, on a plate. John's disciples take the body away and bury it in a tomb.() There are a number of difficulties with this passage. The Gospel wrongly identifies Antipas as 'King' and the ex-husband of Herodias is named as Philip, but he is known to have been called Herod. Although the wording clearly implies the girl was the daughter of Herodias, many texts describe her as ""Herod's daughter, Herodias"". Since these texts"
"to you."" Yes, he swore to her: ""Whatever you ask me for, I will give it to you, up to half my kingdom."" So she went out and said to her mother: “What should I ask for?” She said: “The head of John the Baptizer."" She immediately rushed in to the king and made her request, saying: ""I want you to give me right away on a platter the head of John the Baptist."" Although this deeply grieved him, the king did not want to disregard her request, because of his oaths and his guests. So the king immediately sent"
"the Baptist, son of Zechariah, figures prominently in the beginning of each of the four Gospels. The Synoptic Gospels distinguish him as “the Baptist”, but the Gospel of John omits this epithet, as no other John is therein mentioned by name. John the Baptist was beheaded during the ministry of Jesus, so in most cases he is easily distinguished from other Johns. Ford proposes that Revelation originated as prophecy of John the Baptist, expanded by his followers to produce the book in its current form, but most scholars reject this theory. John, son of Zebedee was one of the Twelve"
"banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. For when Herodias's daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. And the king said to the girl, ""Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you."" And he vowed to her, ""Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom."" And she went out and said to her mother, ""For what should I ask?"" And she said, ""The head of John the Baptist."" And she came in immediately with haste to the king and"
"The Feast of Herod The Feast of Herod refers to the episode in the Gospels following the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, when Salome presents his head to her parents. The account in the Book of Mark describes Herod holding a banquet for his high officials and military commanders, and leading men of Galilee. At this banquet, Herod's daughter dances before Herod, who is pleased and offers her anything she asks for in return. The girl asks her mother what she should request, and she is told to demand the head of John the Baptist. Reluctantly, Herod orders the"
"Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, ""You are my beloved Son, with you I am well pleased."" King Herod heard of it, for Jesus' name had become known. Some said, ""John the Baptist has been raised from the dead. That is why these miraculous powers are at work in him."" But others said, ""He is Elijah."" And others said, ""He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old."" But when Herod heard of it, he said, ""John, whom I beheaded, has been raised."" For it was Herod who had sent and"
"writing table: ""His name is John"", he regained the power of speech, and blessed ""the Lord God of Israel"" with a prophecy known as the ""Benedictus"" or ""Song of Zechariah"" (). The child grew up and ""waxed strong in spirit"", but remained in the deserts of Judæa until he assumed the ministry that was to earn him the name ""John the Baptist"" (). Origen suggested that the Zechariah mentioned in as having been killed between the temple and the altar may be the father of John the Baptist. Orthodox Christian tradition recounts that, at the time of the massacre of"
"to - which calls Abraham ""the rock from which you were hewn."" Matthew 3:9 Matthew 3:9 is the ninth verse of the third chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. The verse occurs in where John the Baptist is berating the Pharisees and Sadducees. He has previously called them a brood of vipers and warned them of the wrath to come and has urged them to repent. In this verse he warns that their links to Abraham will not save them In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: The World English Bible translates"
"Incited by her mother Herodias, who was reproved by the imprisoned John the Baptist for her illegitimate marriage to Herod, Salome demands John's head in a charger. Regretful but compelled to keep his word in front of his peers, Herod fulfills Salome's demand. John the Baptist is beheaded, the head brought in a charger and given to Salome, who gives it to her mother. Moreau approached the biblical theme in 19 paintings, 6 watercolors and more than 150 drawings. Part of a series of at least 8 closely resembling paintings and more than 40 sketch drawings, it is regarded a"
"John the Baptist (Caravaggio) John the Baptist (sometimes called John in the Wilderness) was the subject of at least eight paintings by the Italian Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610). The story of John the Baptist is told in the Gospels. John was the cousin of Jesus, and his calling was to prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah. He lived in the wilderness of Judea between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, ""his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey."" He baptised Jesus in the"
"Matthew 3:14 Matthew 3:14 is the fourteenth verse of the third chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. Jesus has come to John the Baptist to be baptized, but in this verse John balks at doing so. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: The World English Bible translates the passage as: For a collection of other versions see BibRef Matthew 3:14 Gundry notes that this section does not appear in Luke or Mark and concludes that it is thus likely original to Matthew. In the environment the author of Matthew is presumed"
"John the Baptist John the Baptist ( ""Yokhanan HaMatbil"", , ""Iōánnēs ho baptistḗs"" or Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτίζων, ""Iōánnēs ho baptízōn"", , ; Late 1st century BC – 28–36 AD) was a Jewish itinerant preacher in the early first century AD. John is revered as a major religious figure in Christianity, Islam, the Bahá'í Faith, and Mandaeism. He is called a prophet by all of these faiths, and is honored as a saint in many Christian traditions. Other titles for John include John the Forerunner in Eastern Christianity and ""the prophet John"" (""Yaḥyā"") in Islam. To clarify the meaning of ""Baptist"","
"has joined together the god, who then has joined together the carpenter?"" John the Baptist John the Baptist ( ""Yokhanan HaMatbil"", , ""Iōánnēs ho baptistḗs"" or Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτίζων, ""Iōánnēs ho baptízōn"", , ; Late 1st century BC – 28–36 AD) was a Jewish itinerant preacher in the early first century AD. John is revered as a major religious figure in Christianity, Islam, the Bahá'í Faith, and Mandaeism. He is called a prophet by all of these faiths, and is honored as a saint in many Christian traditions. Other titles for John include John the Forerunner in Eastern Christianity and"
"symbols of the worship of Jupiter – on Jerusalem's Temple Mount. Josephus, who relates this episode, does not say who the leader of this resistance was, but shortly afterwards states that Pontius Pilate had Jesus crucified. (Many scholars believe this passage of Josephus may have been slightly but significantly altered by later editors.) The Gospel of the Hebrews says that the suggestion to be baptized by John came from the mother and brothers of Jesus, and Jesus himself agreed only reluctantly. Contrary to the common opinion, Benjamin Urrutia insists that this version must be the authentic one, because: 1) It"
"the prison, and brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother."" (Mark 6:21-29, KJV) A shorter version appears in the Gospel of St. Matthew: ""But on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them: and pleased Herod. Whereupon he promised with an oath, to give her whatsoever she would ask of him. But she being instructed before by her mother, said: Give me here in a dish the head of John the Baptist. And the king was struck sad: yet because of his oath, and for them"
"own worthiness to baptize Jesus. In both Matthew and Luke, John later dispatches disciples to question Jesus about his status, asking ""Are you he who is to come, or shall we look for another?"" In Luke, John is a familial relative of Jesus whose birth was foretold by Gabriel. In the Gospel of John, John the Baptist himself sees the spirit descend like a dove and he explicitly preaches that Jesus is the Son of God. The Gospels vary in their depiction of John's relationship to Elijah. Matthew and Mark describe John's attire in a way reminiscent of the description"
"May 8) Christ, dying on the cross, entrusted his virgin mother to St. John. He was the son of Zebedee and thought to be a cousin of Jesus, by the sister of the Virgin Mary. John worked as a fisherman with his brother James, his father Zebedee and his partner Simon working on the shores of the sea of Galilee. John and his brother were followers of John the Baptist and then Jesus. John the Baptist referred to Jesus with the words ""Behold the Lamb of God!"" John left his life as a fisherman to follow Jesus. He followed Jesus"
"glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds."" At that time Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus, and he said to his servants, ""This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him."" For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because John had been saying to him, ""It is not lawful for you to have her."" And though he"
"and 22.1% of dwellings have five rooms or more. Locality named after John the Baptist, the precursor, who was born in Ain-Karim, son of Zechariah and Saint Elizabeth, cousin of Jesus, beheaded in 31 AD at the request of the Princess Salome. Latin name: ""Mauriana"" Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne has been the capital of the Maurienne Valley since the 6th century. After Saint Thècle reported from Alexandria (Egypt) the relics of St. John the Baptist which are the three fingers represented on the arms of the city, as well as on the Opinel knife blades, the town was raised to the rank of"
"Lamb of God Lamb of God (, ""Amnos tou Theou""; ) is a title for Jesus that appears in the Gospel of John. It appears at , where John the Baptist sees Jesus and exclaims, ""Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world."" Christian doctrine holds that divine Jesus chose to suffer crucifixion at Calvary as a sign of his full obedience to the will of his divine Father, as an ""agent and servant of God"". In Christian theology the ""Lamb of God"" is viewed as foundational and integral to the message of Christianity. A"
"asked, saying, ""I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter."" And the king was exceedingly sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her. And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John's head. He went and beheaded him in the prison and brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother. When his disciples heard of it, they came and took his body and laid it"
"the Baptist raised from the dead. It then explains that John had rebuked Herod for marrying Herodias, the ex-wife of his brother (named here as Philip). Herodias demands his execution, but Herod, who 'liked to listen' to John, is reluctant to do so because he fears him, knowing he is a 'righteous and holy man'. The account then describes how Herod's daughter Herodias (NRSV; other translations refer to the girl as the ""daughter of Herodias"") dances before Herod, who is pleased and offers her anything she asks for in return. When the girl asks her mother what she should request,"
"Zechariah (priest) Zechariah ( ""Zəḵaryāh"", ""remember Yah""; ; Zacharias in KJV; Zachary in the Douay-Rheims Bible; Zakariyyāʾ () in Islamic tradition) is a figure in the New Testament Bible and the Quran, hence venerated in Christianity and Islam. In the Bible, he is the father of John the Baptist, a priest of the sons of Aaron in the Gospel of Luke (1:67-79), and the husband of Elizabeth who is a relative of the Virgin Mary (Luke, 1:36). According to the Gospel of Luke, during the reign of king Herod, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the course of Abia,"
"John was about six months older than Jesus, and came under this hellish edict, and Zecharias caused his mother to take him into the mountains, where he was raised on locusts and wild honey. When his father refused to disclose his hiding place, and being the officiating high priest at the Temple that year, was slain by Herod's order, between the porch and the altar, as Jesus said."" The Church of Jesus Christ teaches that John the Baptist appeared on the banks of the Susquehanna River near Harmony Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania as a resurrected being to Joseph Smith and"
"Matthew 4:1 Matthew 4:1 is the first verse of the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. This verse opens the section in Matthew dealing with the temptation of Christ by Satan. Jesus has just been baptized by John the Baptist in this verse he is led out into the wilderness. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: The New International Version translates the passage as: The verse makes clear that the Spirit, presumably the Holy Ghost prominently mentioned two verses before in , is the one who leads Jesus into the"
"hold the relics of Saint John the Baptist. These are to be found in a monastery in Lower Egypt between Cairo and Alexandria. It is possible, with permission from the monks, to see the original tomb where the remains were found. Another obscure claim relates to the town of Halifax in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, where, as patron saint of the town, the Baptist's head appears on the official coat-of-arms. One legend (among others) bases the etymology of the town's place-name on ""halig"" (holy) and ""fax"" (face), claiming that a relic of the head, or face, of John the Baptist"
"Baptist. For this reason, Gratus is sometimes depicted with John the Baptist's head in iconography. He was accompanied by ( or ). Gratus found the relic concealed in the palace of Herod. Smuggling it out of Jerusalem, Gratus returned to Rome, where churchbells played of their own accord in celebration. Gratus presented John's head to the Pope; in doing so, the jawbone remained in Gratus' hand. This was interpreted as a sign, and the Pope allowed him to carry that precious relic back to Aosta. Gratus continued to govern the diocese, while periodically withdrawing to a hermitage with Jucundus. This"
"of Elijah in , who also wore a garment of hair and a leather belt. In Matthew, Jesus explicitly teaches that John is ""Elijah who was to come"" (Matt. 11:14 – see also Matt. 17:11–13); many Christian theologians have taken this to mean that John was Elijah's successor. In the Gospel of John, John the Baptist explicitly denies being Elijah. In the annunciation narrative in Luke, an angel appears to Zechariah, John's father, and tells him that John ""will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God,"" and that he will go forth ""in the spirit"